Woodblocks Museum Plantin-Moretus
Woodblocks Plantin-Moretus

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(1553-1601)

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no. 7247 [MPM.HB.07247]

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Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrader

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name cited:
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrader
name cited (basionym):
Cucumis colocynthis L.
name recognized (basionym):
Cucumis colocynthis L.

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origin of:
R. Dodoens [Dodonaeus ], Stirp. Hist. Comment., vol. 1(): : p. 373 (1553-1554)

R. Dodoens [Dodonaeus ], Cruijdeb., ed. 1563: p. 320 (1563)

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family: Cucurbitaceae
subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
tribe: Benincaseae

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epithet cited: colocynthis,-is,-e

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epithet recognized:

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Illustration contributed by:
Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, Belgium

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link to this page:
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=438121

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synonyms:

homotypic synonyms:
Cucumis colocynthis L.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Citrullus colocynthoides Pangalo; Citrullus pseudocolocynthis M. Roemer; Colocynthis officinalis Schrader; Colocynthis vulgaris Schrader;